Dutch army loadout displays (cold war era)

Made another Airforce loadout, bit earlier this time, around 1966-1976.

1966 Because of the boots (though I've heard these might actually be M69, if true, I'll update that later), 1976 because that's when the
C3-mask entered service.

Dutch Airforce (KLu) ground troops, 1966 - 1976.

M58 HBT grey summer uniform
Corporal rankslides
Grey trouserbelt
M53 (M1) helmet with an extra layer of grey-green paint
Grey M52 belt without back buckles
Grey M1 Carbine magazine pouch
1st Type aluminium canteen with brown cap in grey M52 pouch
K-gasmask bag with straps
Black M66 boots

In the background:
Grey cap
Grey M1 Carbine magazine pouch (slightly different than the other)





Reference pics:




Some guys couldn't be bothered to camouflage the helmets at all.

Adding more modern stuff, and got more in progress too, I really have been collecting a lot of modern Dutch stuff again lately.

Dutch Marine Corps, mid 2000's - mid 2010's (tropical)

US type Woodland summer uniform with camo shoulderloops (pointy shape)
Korps Mariniers shoulder patch
2 Corporal rankslides
US Woodland Tropical hat
1st Type Marine corps Forest camo modular vest with pouches
(Magazine, 2 small utility, medium utility, large utility, 2 chest, 3 grenade, bayonetfrog, shovelpouch)
Woodland Camelbak
Black jungle boots

Woodland sewing kit (not visible)
Woodland cleaning kit pouch (not visible)

Dutch army uniform as used by Pioneer regiment troops in 2015 in Haiti.

Gear:
3-Color desert camo UBACS (2nd type) and M93 pants (KPU label)
M2000 Petrolgreen beret with Engineer regiment Pioneer insignia
43rd mechanized brigade velcro armpatch
Dutch flag velcro armpatch
Tasmanian Tiger Mk2 chestrig (early type)
No-name modular admin pouch
DPM camo modular small utility pouch
M78 trouser belt
DPM camo Rangemaster brand multitool pouch
Coyote tan 35 liter grabbag model 2009 (late type with mesh back)
Meindl D desert boots

More stuff again!

Dutch army 1990-1993 with trial equipment.

Gear:

M90 DPM parka (with rain and winter liners) and trousers
COKL (training unit) velcro armpatch
Sergeant rankslides
Kantelberg velcro nametape
VDN-Busch A1 trial kevlar helmet with early 90's DPM cover and cateye band
DPM pre-M93 vest
2 pre-M93 FN FAL DPM magazine pouches
Canteen in DPM pre-M93 pouch
DPM pre-M93 trifold shovel pouch
DPM pre-M93 cleaning kit pouch
DPM pre-M93 gasmaskbag
DPM pre-M93 backpack
DPM pre-M93 Rotota cargo bag
M90 boots


At the right:

DPM Wittock body armor (early A-trialseries)
DPM pre-M93 Uzi magazine pouch
DPM pre-M93 trifold shovel pouch (early A-trialseries with rubber tab closure)
DPM pre-M93 backpack (early A-trialseries)






Dutch army Airmobile Brigade, 2013 and a few years after.

Gear:

DPM 2nd type smock
M90 DPM summer trousers
1st Type Airmobile brigade velcro armpatch (newer versions existed for years already but a select few guys kept using them, I thought it was a nice touch)
Dutch flag velcro armpatch
1st Sergeant rankslides (1 visible)
2 Buis nametapes
Green wool hat
Green wool gloves
DPM 3rd type modular vest with pouches (C7 magazine, small utility, Combat UK medium utility, large utility, 2 chest, 3 grenade, M2005 bayonetfrog, pocketknife, shovelpouch)
DPM M93 gasmaskbag
Late type DPM 40 liter grabbag backpack (Lowe Alpine Strike type made by Arwy without side-compression straps)
DPM waterproof backpack cover in the pack
Late type modular shovelpouch
Green Arwy gaiters
Meindl M2 boots

Dutch army, Afghanistan, circa 2012.

Gear:

3-Color desert camo UBACS (1st type) and M93 pants (KPU label)
M78 trouserbelt
ISAF velcro armpatch
Dutch flag velcro armpatch
Corporal 1st class OLK1 rankslides
2 Van Leeuwen velcro nametapes
Khaki NLD cap (velcro backstrap)
DPM modular body armor (small chest-velcro type)
DPM 2nd type modular vest with pouches (C7 magazine, small utility with green strap, medium utility with green strap, large utility with green strap, 2 chest, 3 grenade,
2X 40mm grenade, pocketknife, fastex clip canteenpouch with canteen, shovelpouch)
DPM duty belt
DPM legholster
Modular legpanel with DPM pouches (Glock magazine pouch, Glock magazine pouch with elastic, medium utility pouch with camo strap)
40mm Grenade bandoleer
3-Color desert camo Camelbak Ambush
Meindl D desert boots

In my hands:

DPM cleaning kit pouch
DPM bayonet frog (late Arwy type)

That cleaning kit pouch is a near exact copy of the olive-drab type that the Canadian Forces used. It must have something to do with the Dutch forces getting C7 rifles from Canada?

That might be possible, not sure when Canada started using them, but I don't think the Dutch army has had them for a long time

They have been around here for many years - at least since the 1990s.

Just checked, they don't have tags, but the NSN on the package 1 still had has the country code 21, so Canadian made

The DPM version is essentially identical to the original Cdn version, save for the colour. If they were contracted in Canada, then the maker had only to procure the Dutch cloth.

Dutch Marechaussee (MP) ca 1976 - early 80's, green gear for field duty.

M76 summer uniform
2 Marechaussee 2nd class rankslides
MP brassard
Darkblue beret with Marechaussee badge
Early type M52 belt
Early type M52 suspender with brace attachment
M52 canvas pistol holster
Pistol lanyard
Black M66 boots

In the background:
M58 winter parka (strange type with exposed buttons and khaki lining, not KL marked but Ma)
2 Marechaussee 2nd class rankslides (different type)
Marechausee neckband

Not sure if the green or the blue pistol lanyard should be worn with green field gear, but I do have it

So the Ma rank slides are different from normal army GvT slides? I have a set-up like this one, but I am not sure about the slides to use.

Well the shape is the same as the several KL types, just with white chevrons, except for 1 type which has a weird backside that's coupled together with steel wire, instead of just sewn.
On my summer shirt are the straight ending type, and the winter jacket has the type with cutouts on the bottom.

Dutch Marine Corps, 1990's.

Gear:

Early type M87 DPM waterproof uniform
Late type M87 DPM winter hat (windproof fabric)
Green waterproof mittens (2X right hand, but came from the same person)
British commercial DPM chestrig
Early type Berghaus Cyclops II Vulcan backpack
Black M90 boots

Dutch Marine Corps, 1990's again.

Gear:

M87 DPM windproof uniform (British made, supposedly Dutch contract number)
2nd Lieutenant rankslides (1 on the slide, 1 in a pocket, the back rankslide has been removed from the smock)
British later 80's type DPM winter hat
Late type M87 DPM mittens (plastic strap-buckles)
British commercial DPM chestrig (probably made by Comkit)
Black M90 boots

Dutch Marine Corps, late 90's - early 2000's.


Gear:

Late type M87 DPM waterproof uniform
Sergeant Major rankslide
Marine Corps beret with black anchor
Green waterproof mittens (later type color than the previously shown ones)
DPM Arktis M173 NL rig
Black M90 boots

Dutch army, Afghanistan 2009, TFU6.

Gear:

M93 Desert camo uniform (late type with KPU label)
2009 Type Desert smock
Desert redbrown ventilating T-shirt
Khaki-green shemagh scarf
ISAF velcro armpatch
Dutch flag velcro armpatch
Corporal OLK rankslides (1 visible)
2 Van Wezel velcro Desert nametapes
Khaki NLD cap (flexfit, 13th MechBrig and Task Force Uruzgan 6 custom embroided)
DPM late 1st type modular vest with pouches (KMA Minimi magazine, unmarked large utility, unmarked chest, 2 unmarked grenade, Combat Kit UK variable size utility pouch, Minimi daytime sight carrying pouch, open top canteenpouch, 2 probably trial utility pouches)
GPS shoulderbag
Issued Sidekick Pro-3 lefthanded DPM legholster with original packaging with manual and tool
DPM camo Camelbak Viper
Woodland kneepads
Meindl Island MFS GTX boots (private purchase)

In pockets:
Webtex DPM notepad pouch
TFU information booklet
Camp Marmal alarm instructions card

The boots are in between issue . the same as the Italien brand Trezeta.
MvgD

Could be, but these were bought by my cousin himself. Weren't the Trezeta's only in use with KCT?

Marine Corps again, this time dated 2013 or later.

Not sure about the exact year this set could be possible from, as I don't know exactly when some pieces entered service with the Marines,
like the Meindl boots which were issued from 2012 onwards with the KL, but I have no exact year for the KM.

Gear:

Late type Dutch made Forest camo (US Woodland) waterproof uniform
Marine 1st class rankslide
Marine Corps beret with black anchor (late Hassing type with mesh inner and nylon edge)
Bronzegreen modular chestrig with Forest camo pouches from the modular vest set (2X magazine, 2X chest, 2X grenade, large utility, fastex closure type canteenpouch with MVD marked plastic canteen and stainless steel cup)
Coyote open-top dump-pouch
Berghaus Centurio 30 backpack
Meindl M1 boots

Another one, quite busy taking pics lately, want to get the 300th done before the year ends, so 1 to go after this!


Dutch army ca 2003 - late 2000's.


Gear:

DPM Bilaminate parka with greygreen winterliner
M90 DPM rain trousers with green winterliner
43rd Mechanized brigade velcro armpatch
44th Painfbat (Johan Willem Friso) velcro chest patch
Dutch flag velcro armpatch
Adjudant rankslides (1 visible)
Visser nametape
M95 kevlar helmet (Schubert 826) with 1996 type DPM cover
DPM early Arwy made 1st type modular vest with pouches (C7 magazine, small utility, medium utility, large utility, 2 chest, 3 grenade, 2 types of bayonetfrog of which 1 visible, pocketknife, canteen, and shovelpouch)
Early 90's DPM variation M93 gasmaskbag
Shoulderbag for Munos NV weapon sight
Berghaus Munro backpack
German M2000 boots (Dutch 2000's interim model)

In my hands:

Petrolgreen beret with 44th Painfbat badge
Early Arwy 40mm grenade bandoleer with 3 pouches and belt
Greygreen winter balaclava and shoe liners





This early gen 1st type Arwy made vest and pouches are different than the later Arwy made ones I photographed 2 loadouts back.
The MOLLE straps on both the vest and the pouches are of a thicker but more flexible material, and the camouflage is much more yellow on the straps
as well as on all camo material on the pouches.
Also the green closure straps on the utility and canteen pouches are of a thicker and stiffer material.
Overall they seem a bit shittier than the later ones.
The 2 bayonetfrogs are also different than later ones, with a more yellow camo overall, and the center closure strap is green instead of camo on one,
the lower strap is also green on the other type (which also has no label), and both have the thick nylon green backstrap.

I might make a thread about the different generations and types of Dutch modular gear sometime, if I can spare the time, as it's a lot of work

Very impressive attention to detail. A reference thread!

Thanks, I've been getting back into Dutch stuff the last year or so after not touching it for years, finding out that there's way more different stuff than I used to think, so it has been quite a learning curve, but I'm doing my best!

There we go, the last one this year, my 300th loadout!

Marine Corps, 2012 or later.
Again, could be more recent, same problem about the issue year of the boots as the previous KM loadout.

Gear:

Forest (US Woodland) camo 1st type KM Windproof smock and trousers
Adjudant rankslides (1 visible)
Marine Corps beret (Noorloos made) with black anchor
2nd Type modular vest (unsure if KM or KL, marked army green, non-standard) with Forest camo pouches
(Small utility, medium utility, 2 large utility, 4 pistol magazine, 2 black D-Ring keepers, some bungee cords ziptied to the vest)
DPM pistolbelt
DPM legholster (probably made by Eagle, though no label)
Coyote Tan M2009 legpanel with 2 C7 magazine pouches
Early type DPM 40 liter grabbag backpack (Lowe Alpine Strike type made by Arwy with side compression straps)
Gubbels nametape
Dutch flag velcro armpatch (though on the pack)
Late type wool "ankle warmers" (gaiters), late type because they're straight, not tapered at 2 places like old ones
Meindl M2 boots

The modular vest is a weird one, it has a higher NSN series than the KL type 2 vest, leading me to think that it could be a KM vest.
The color named on the label as Army-green is also weird, because eventhough such vests are green, they are still normally named
after the camo color of it's respective branch.
This one came with a load of KM pouches attached to it, a nonstandard amount of some, in a nonstandard configuration, with some
unofficial add-ons like beltkeepers with D-rings hanging downward attached to MOLLE straps, and some green bungees ziptied to the
shoulder and side (not very visible in the photos).




Anyone looking at this thread, see you in the new year when I'll keep adding stuff to this!

3-Color desert camo UBACS (2nd type) and M93 pants (barcode label)
M78 trouserbelt
MN FP velcro armpatch
Subdued Dutch flag velcro armpatch
Hogeweg velcro Desert nametape
A- bloodgroup velcro patch
Khaki NLD cap (issue Hassing type)
M09 Nomex combat gloves (KPU label)
Warrior Assault Systems DCS body armor in Coyote Tan with pouches
WAS triple open top M4 magazine pouch
Old MOLLE WAS single open top M4 magazine pouch
WAS Slimline foldable dump pouch
WAS large admin pouch with pistol magazine pouch
Green grimlock
Old MOLLE WAS small zippered utility pouch
Old MOLLE WAS medium utility pouch with clip
Old MOLLE WAS multitool pouch
Probably Afghan made double pistol magazine pouch
DPM duty belt
Ghost International black beltholster
Dropleg double 2-magazine pouch (probably Afghan made, then DPM material sewn on)
Meindl D desert boots

With old MOLLE I mean the type of fastening straps on the back of the pouches, older WAS pouches have normal straps with snaps at the bottom,
later ones have longer straps with a tab that folds back behind the pouch.